Opposition Party Members, Police Clash In Cameroon

May 28, 1990

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — A clash between supporters of a fledgling opposition party and security forces left six demonstrators dead and an unspecified number of police injured in a northwestern city, state-run radio said Sunday. The report said demonstrators were trampled to death in Saturday`s clash in Bamenda, but witnesses said they were shot by police. The radio also said the demonstrators stoned unarmed police officers and burned vehicles before police reinforcements arrived. The clash came after supporters of the newly formed Democratic Social Front assembled in defiance of a government ban on political meetings.